Entries from December 2008
Arduino LCD gmail subject
December 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Continuing on in the (Long) line of arduino+rss hacks, here is some python code that parses a gmail rss feed. This is a throwback to the post that started it all, the arduino gmail notifier. The original code was tweaked a bit to display the subjects of new mail on an lcd screen.
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Rss Parser for twitter
December 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Continuing on the line of arduino+rss hacks, here is some python code that parses Tweets. By changing the rss feed you can either follow one person's tweets, or you can access your "follow" feed (i.e. everyone you follow on twitter.com) In order to do the second option you will have to supply your login credentials.
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Update for arduino / python / rss reader – Weather!
December 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I just whipped up this script that checks and displays the weather through rssweather.com. As always, it requires feedparser, an arduino, and a lcd screen. It is currently configured to read Burlington Vt's weather, so if you don't live there - change it in the python file. Check out the commenting for more info. Click [...]
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Arduino based rss reader – W/Check Facebook Status Updates script.
December 2nd, 2008 · 20 Comments
My last project, the arduino gmail checker really opened my eyes to python/rss/arduino integration. I branched out from there to use feedparser for more conventional rss reading and I ended up with a python script that pulls in your friend updates from facebook. That was cool watching it scroll by in terminal, but I decided [...]
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